distributions

Top 6 Linux and BSD graphical installation programs

Linux Today  Mon, 11/21/2011 - 12:01

LinuxBSDos.com: "New users tend to flock to distributions with easy to use installation programs, that is, to distributions with graphical installers."


 

ClearOS

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Wed, 10/12/2011 - 08:44

ClearOS logo

All-in-one Linux-based network servers aren't a new concept.


 

Knoppix 6.4: can you spot the difference?

Linux Today  Thu, 07/14/2011 - 19:01

Linux notes from DarkDuck: "Some distributions tend to simplify the interface. Others try to do their best to get users out of their way.

Only few try to find golden middle. Do you want examples? I have them."


 

Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 11.04 Server

Linux Today  Wed, 05/11/2011 - 19:09

HowtoForge: "The difference between virt-install and vmbuilder is that vmbuilder is for creating Ubuntu-based guests, whereas virt-install lets you install all kinds of operating systems (e.g.

Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD) and distributions in a guest, just like virt-manager."


 

Fabulous Virtual Window Manager Sees First Release in Five Years

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Wed, 04/20/2011 - 07:00

FVWM

After five years, a new stable release of FVWM h


 

Spotlight on Linux: Supergamer Supreme 2.5

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Thu, 03/31/2011 - 07:00

 

Revisited: 3 Newbie-Friendly KDE Distributions

Linux Today  Sat, 01/22/2011 - 05:02

Das U-blog: "In anticipation of my new laptop, I decided to test 5 major KDE distributions to see which one could work best on my laptop."


 

Review: Slackware 13.1

Linux Today  Sat, 12/25/2010 - 17:04

Das U-blog: "I never envisioned myself trying out any of the more advanced distributions like Slackware, Arch, or Gentoo, but having tried derivatives like GNU/Linux Utopia, Chakra, and Sabayon, I think I'm ready to try Slackware and Arch"


 

A Tinkerers Top 5 Distributions of 2010

Linux Today  Thu, 12/23/2010 - 17:04

All Things Linux: "In the last few days we've had several posts about personal top 5 favorite distributions of 2010.

Everybody has their own favorites, but, for what it's worth, here's my list."


 

Slax - still alive in the Slax Community remix

Linux Today  Mon, 12/13/2010 - 21:03

Distrowatch: "Once upon a time Slax and KNOPPIX were the de facto Linux live CD distributions. Dating back to 2003 Slax was certainly one of the first, and its creator, widely known as Tomas M, gave the community the Linux-live scripts and pioneered modules instead of packages for an easy install of additional programs."